Entries tagged with “Mark Anthony Poole”

Facts & Research

Sentencing Data

Apr 01, 2020

Capital Case Roundup — Court Rulings the Week of March 30, 2020

Nebraska (4/3/20) — In a state post-conviction appeal, the Nebraska Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the state’s capital sentencing process filed by death-row prisoner Jeffrey…

Policy Issues

Arbitrariness

Sentencing Alternatives

Jan 24, 2020

Florida Supreme Court Retracts Jury Unanimity Requirement, Reinstates Non-Unanimous Death Sentence

In a dramatic reversal made possible by changes in court personnel, the Florida Supreme Court has repudiated its prior decisions requiring that capital sentencing juries unanimously agree to the death penalty before a trial judge may sentence a defendant to death. “Our court … got it wrong,” the justices said, when it ruled in 2016 that death sentences imposed after non-unanimous jury recommendations for death violated the state and federal…